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"Industry veteran Kevin Maxey’s first independent restaurant, Pendolino, is a neighborhood Italian spot in Chastain Park. The maxim here blends Italian cuisine with Southern ethos. Expect a rotating selection of miniature pizzas in flavors like fennel sausage with spring onions and green olives, and vegetarian with garlic, crema, mushrooms, and spinach in addition to antipasti plates like pink snapper crudo with Meyer lemon, toasted nuts, and lightly pickled sea fennel. The dinner menu is heavy on pastas and classic Italian entrees, but several dishes, like the New York Strip steak Marsala, have an identity of their own." - Eater Staff, Henna Bakshi